{"product_id":"central-asia-silk-road-region-local-issue-gold-bracteate-danake-extremely-fine-and-rare-type-for-thin-gold-discs-copy","title":"Central Asia, Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local issue. Gold Bracteate, danake. Extremely fine and Rare type for thin gold discs.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eGA-1014\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCentral Asia. Hunnic Tribes, Silk Road Region, Local issue. Gold Bracteate danake.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e0.41gm, 23mm, Found in Silk Road region in burial site.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHard to tell as heavily creased with some black spots of patina \/ same as obverse with no patina. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eZeno-371554 (It's me there). Extremely fine and Rare type for thin gold discs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAn attractive type of cross-cultural interest. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePlease see Cf. Göbl, Dokumente pl. 87, B1, cf. Stein (Wang) p. 239 = BM IA.XII.c.1; V. Raspopova, \"Gold Coins and bracteates from Pendjikent,\" in Coins, Art, and Chronology, pp. 453-460; cf. A. Juliano and J. Lerner, eds. Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, pp. 271-291.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhat do you mean by Danake?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fzsovc cwYVJe RJPOee\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"animation: none !important;\"\u003eAI Overview explains as follows:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ve-view=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIQBg\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi35Z_H39ORAxUYRaQEHcppMz4Q2b4KegQIAhAG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Pqkn2e rNSxBe\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi35Z_H39ORAxUYRaQEHcppMz4Q274KegQIAhAH\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jloFI GkDqAd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-container-id=\"model-response-placeholder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-hveid=\"CAIQCQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi35Z_H39ORAxUYRaQEHcppMz4Q7uAMegQIAhAJ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; border: 2px solid rgb(0, 153, 255);\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LT6XE\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\" style=\"animation: none !important;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pOOWX\" data-rl=\"en\" data-lht=\"881\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-host-wiz-contract-name=\"gws_wizbind\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qRuFed\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"CKgc1d\" data-scope-id=\"turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"FkX2oe\" data-subtree=\"aimc\" data-aimmrs=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_2\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjy8pLH39ORAxVwW0EAHWicBwIQ2O0OegQIABAA\" data-hveid=\"CAAQAA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pWvJNd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: contents;\" data-container-id=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-container-id=\"main-col\" data-xid=\"VpUvz\" class=\"mZJni Dn7Fzd\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjy8pLH39ORAxVwW0EAHWicBwIQ3KYQegQIABAB\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: contents;\" data-container-id=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" style=\"display: contents;\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eAn\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eAV Danake\u003c\/strong\u003e (gold danake) is a coin, or often a thin gold foil pseudo-coin, that was placed with the dead as a form of \u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\"Charon's obol\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. This practice was a Greek and Roman funerary tradition intended to pay Charon, the ferryman of Hades, for passage across the rivers Styx and Acheron to the underworld.\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_c,GkP7md_d,GkP7md_e\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=GkP7md_c\/TKHnVd;\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_c,GkP7md_d,GkP7md_e\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" aria-level=\"3\" role=\"heading\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe Meaning of the Burial Coin\u003cspan class=\"txxDge notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_k,GkP7md_l,GkP7md_m\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=GkP7md_k\/TKHnVd;\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"txxDge notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_k,GkP7md_l,GkP7md_m\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003ePayment for Passage:\u003c\/strong\u003e The primary belief was that the soul needed to pay a toll (\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003enaulum\u003c\/em\u003e or \"boat fare\") to Charon for his service. Without payment, the soul would be forced to wander the shores of the river for one hundred years, unable to find rest in the afterlife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eA Necessary Ritual:\u003c\/strong\u003e Placing the coin ensured the deceased received proper burial rites and could complete their journey into the underworld, showing respect for their passage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eSymbolic Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e The small denomination of the coin (an obol was one-sixth of a drachma) was sometimes seen as a reminder that death is an equalizer of all people, rich or poor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAMQAw\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eGrave Goods:\u003c\/strong\u003e Archaeologists often use \"Charon's obol\" as a shorthand term for any coinage found as grave goods in ancient burials, especially those of a small denomination, even if they were not placed in the mouth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_11,GkP7md_12,GkP7md_13\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=GkP7md_11\/TKHnVd;\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" aria-level=\"3\" role=\"heading\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe Danake Itself\u003cspan class=\"txxDge notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_19,GkP7md_1a,GkP7md_1b\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=GkP7md_19\/TKHnVd;\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"txxDge notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_19,GkP7md_1a,GkP7md_1b\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAUQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe term \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003edanake\u003c\/em\u003e (Greek: δανάκη, Old Persian: \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003edânake\u003c\/em\u003e) originally referred to a Persian silver coin, roughly equivalent to a Greek obol in value or weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAUQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eOver time, the Greeks used the term loosely for any small, foreign or demonetized coin used in this burial context.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-hveid=\"CAUQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eSometimes, instead of a real coin, a very thin, flimsy gold foil \"pseudo-coin\" (also called a \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003elamella\u003c\/em\u003e) was created, specifically for the burial ritual, as it had no value as actual currency but fulfilled the mythological requirement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_1m,GkP7md_1n,GkP7md_1o\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=GkP7md_1m\/TKHnVd;\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_1m,GkP7md_1n,GkP7md_1o\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe use of the AV danake, therefore, reflects the ancient belief in an afterlife journey requiring a specific payment, ensuring the soul's successful transition from the world of the living to the realm of the dead.\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"GkP7md_1u,GkP7md_1v,GkP7md_1w\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=GkP7md_1u\/TKHnVd;\" 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